Night curfews, weekend lockdown lead to shooting crisis in Bollywood
3 years, 8 months ago

Night curfews, weekend lockdown lead to shooting crisis in Bollywood

Hindustan Times  

The three big ‘C’s have come back to haunt Bollywood, which is Covid-19, cancellations and costing crisis. While director Rohit Shetty is nearing completion of his film Circus with actor Ranveer Singh with caution, the Delhi shooting schedule of Fukrey 3 has been postponed amid the surge in Covid-19 crisis Now, with several cities, including Mumbai, Delhi and Noida, announcing night curfews, and Maharashtra government opting for weekend lockdown situation, things have become not just tricky, but “depressing” for the makers, who are just spending their days waiting for a phone call from their producers to give them a green signal to shoot the project. The team of filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s production Maazi, starring Gajraj Rao, is also coming back from Ujjain without completing the shoot, while the Rishikesh schedule of Inspector Avinash also got pushed multiple times. My other shoots for two web shows in Mumbai also got pushed because people in the team tested positive for the virus,” actor Soundarya Sharma reveals. To this, trade expert Joginder Tuteja adds, “Scare factor is also playing a big role in the shoots which are getting disrupted, along with logistics”.

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